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Textile sample
Japanese
Late Edo or early Meiji era
late 19th century
Object Place: Japan
Medium/Technique
Silk, supplementary weft patterning, hand drawn paste resist-dyed (yûzen, shiroage)
Dimensions
Height x width: 8 7/8 x 6 7/16 in. (22.5 x 16.4 cm)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number98.468
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionTextile sample with design of flying swallows (tsubame) in white (shiroage) resist-dyeing on a dark green silk ground with a woven grid pattern.
ProvenanceWilliam Sturgis Bigelow Collection; gift of William Sturgis Bigelow to the MFA in August, 1898